Handmaiden Moth at Pambula Preschool
Identification history
| Unidentified | 22 Oct 2019 | elizabethgleeson |
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User's notes
Guessing this is a moth. The finger is a child's finger to give an idea of the size. Found on our swing frame last week.
3 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
23 Oct 2019
A moth indeed! It's a Tiger Moth. It is a day-flying moth and they probably escape bird predation by advertising their distastefulness. There are many species in this genus, mimicking each other and making species identification rather tricky.
GlennCocking
wrote:
25 Oct 2019
Note the prominent white tips to the antennae. This suggests A. nigriceps, but other species have white antennal tips to varying degrees so Kerri's Amata sp is wise.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.884414-36.932664
- Altitude 19.1m
- Survey points Pambula Preschool
- Places Pambula, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Oct 2019 08:38 AM Recorded on
- elizabethgleeson Recorded by
Species information
- Amata (genus) Scientific name
- Handmaiden Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1425.71m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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